Hello,
My name is Scott Thomson I live in Aberdeen, Scotland.
My family has been firmly established in Aberdeenshire in the north-east of Scotland since at least the middle of the 18th century, unfortunately I can get no further back than 1746.
I came across your website and I have to say that I am impressed by what you are trying to achieve, it's about time Thomson's stood up to be counted, I am sick to the back teeth of Clan MacTavish trying to misappropriate our name to boost their numbers.
I note on your site that you concentrate on the Thomson's in the borders of Scotland, which is understandable as I am familiar with Thomson of that Ilk, and the border history of the Thomsons.
I have always had a great interest in the history of my country and family, so to honour both my interests and my late father I chose to become an armiger in 1992. I was informed by the Lord Lyon at the time that a stag's head was the appropriate emblem for a Thomson, and I was granted what I consider a beautiful coat-of-arms, that not only honours my Thomson heritage, but also my mother's O'Brien heritage.
I chose for the crest an arm sleeved in the hunting Thomson tartan holding a cross-crosslet-fitchee, which is a common symbol found on arms of Thomsons and Aberdeenshire families.
I look forward to getting to know you on this forum.